Crossref indexed

Microbial Pathogenesis

Published by Elsevier.

ISSN 0882-4010 / 1096-1208

Aims & scope

Microbial Pathogenesis publishes peer-reviewed research. Manuscripts pass a technical check and a scope check by the handling editor before going to independent reviewers.

Recently published

Skin Fibroblasts derived from Visceral and Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis patients differentially modulate cytokine and chemokine responses in THP-1 cells

Sneha Singh, Rimi Mukherjee, Manas Ranjan Dikhit, Major Madhukar, Krishna Pandey, Abhik Sen · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108844

Respiratory viruses and pulmonary diseases: Mechanisms, therapies, and metabolic reprogramming

Mengwei Zhang, Conghui Tan, Yalan Tang, Jiahui Cao, Wei Li, Peng Liu · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108866

Therapeutic effects of Stemona japonica extract against Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection: Association with suppression of NF-κB-mediated inflammatory response

Wei Yao, Xicai Liang, Zehui Zhang, Xueyu Li, Xinrui Ma, Zelin Zhao, Zhenqi Wu · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108890

Pathogenic traits of coagulase-negative Staphylococci and Mammalicoccus isolated from neonatal sepsis blood cultures in low- and middle-income countries

Jawaria Aziz, Kirsty Sands, Ian Boostrom, Kathryn Thomson, Rabaab Zahra, Kenneth C. Iregbu, Jean-Baptiste Mazarati, Andrew Whitelaw, Timothy R. Walsh, Owen B. Spiller · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108863

Nano-enabled RNA interference at the plant-virus interface: antiviral mechanisms, nanocarrier delivery and translational challenges

Amjad Ali · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108834

Interaction and internalization of gram-positive orthopaedic pathogens in MG-63 osteoblast-like cells and antibacterial activity of vancomycin-eluting polymethylmethacrylate

Laura Batista Campos, Mayara Muniz de Andrade Silva, Mariana Neri Lucas Kurihara, Rafael Brull Tuma, Monica Aparecida Midolli Vieira, Rita de Cassia Sinigaglia, Thomas Stravinskas Durigon, Fernando Baldy dos Reis, Tania Aparecida Tardelli Gomes, Mauro José Salles · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108873

A 25-year patent landscape of anti-biofilm strategies for respiratory tract infections: Trends, innovations, and emerging clinical opportunities

C. Lalbiaktluangi, Amit Singh, Ana G. Jop Vidal, Jawahar Singh, Kamla Kant, Balachandar Vellingiri, Mahalaxami Iyer, Prashant Kumar Singh, Heera Ram, Arun S. Kharat, Jorge E. Vidal, Mukesh Kumar Yadav · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108840

Dual antileishmanial and immunoregulatory activities of synthetic chalcones against Leishmania braziliensis

Rebeca Pinheiro de Jesus Santana, Beatriz Cerqueira dos Santos, Dahara Keyse Carvalho Silva, Fernando Ferreira Leite, Gleice Rayanne da Silva, Luís Cesar Rodrigues, Francisco Jaime Bezerra Mendonça Junior, Hemerson Iury Ferreira Magalhães, Milena Botelho Pereira Soares, Elisalva Teixeira Guimarães · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108816

Immunological evaluation of Brucella antigens formulated with two agonists of toll-like receptor 4 and 3 against brucellosis in BALB/c mice

Zohre Sadeghi, Mahdi Fasihi-Ramandi, Saeid Bouzari · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108846

Identification of atypical Escherichia coli as hidden reservoir of tet(X4)-positive IncX1 plasmid

Jie Zhang, Ke Wu, Mengjiao Du, Di Xie, Ling Xu, Honglin Peng, Yi Zhou, Changwei Lei, Hongning Wang, Xin Yang · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108886

Porcine circoviruses in mainland China: A nationwide systematic review and meta-analysis of reported positivity and epidemiological patterns

Ziyao Wei, Wei Wei, Rui Shi, Lianlong Wang, Lu An, Hanyi Jiang, Ke Liu, Rui Wang · 2026

DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108876

Characterization, pathogenicity and complete genome of Klebsiella aerogenes isolated from diseased Macrobrachium rosenbergii larvae

Yuxuan Xu, Qieqi Qian, Chen Yang, Chencheng Hu, Yao Zhang, Qun Jiang, XiaoJian Gao, Xiaojun Zhang · 2026